VBA - Generating multiple QueryTables?

Question

Here's the code I currently have:

Sub Test()

Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim qt As QueryTable
Dim URL As String
Dim Symbol As String
Set mep = Worksheets ("Managed Equity Portfolios")
Set ws = Worksheets("Hidden Sheet 3")

Symbol = Symbol & mep.Range("B5").Value
URL = "https://www.google.com/finance?q=MUTF:" + Symbol

Set qt = ws.QueryTables.Add( _
    Connection:="URL;" & URL, _
    Destination:=ws.Range("A1"))

qt.Refresh
 Dim URL1 As String
 Dim qt1 As QueryTable
 Dim Symbol1 As String

Symbol1 = Symbol1 & mep.Range("B6").Value
URL1 = "https://www.google.com/finance?q=MUTF:" + Symbol1

 Set qt1 = ws.QueryTables.Add( _
    Connection:="URL1;" & URL1, _
    Destination:=ws.Range("J1"))
 qt1.Refresh

End Sub

So currently in the link, the symbol for the stock information I am trying to pull is at the end of the URL, "JLVIX"

I have all of my symbols on a different worksheet, all in Column B.

I know about yahoo API, and am using it, but it won't work because I need the 5 year standard deviation , which yahoo doesn't provide.

I would like the Macro to be able to pull the symbol from column B, and generate a QueryTable with that symbol at the end of the URL. Is there a more efficient way of doing this than creating 10 different macros with 10 different QueryTables on different worksheets?

Thank you!

Edit: It seems like when I try to make multiple QueryTables on one worksheet, they just stack on top of each other :(

Answer 1

Add params to the Sub so you can call it for different contexts inside a loop with all the worksheets / equity symbols.

If all you need is the 5 year standard deviation you can change the Sub into a Function that returns the value.

EXAMPLE

Function get5YearStd(symbol As String) As Double

    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Dim qt As QueryTable
    Dim URL As String
    Set ws = Worksheets("Hidden Sheet 3") 'Or any other sheet

    URL = "https://www.google.com/finance?q=MUTF:" + symbol
    Set qt = ws.QueryTables.Add( _
        Connection:="URL;" & URL, _
        Destination:=ws.Range("A1") _
        )
    With qt
        .RefreshStyle = xlOverwriteCells 'So the queries are always overwritten
        .BackgroundQuery = False 'It needs to wait before fetching the updated value
        .Refresh
    End With

    get5YearStd = ws.Range("D46").Value 'Range where the 5yr std.dev is

End Function

Then have another sub that call this function inside a loop for all your symbols

EXAMPLE

Sub test()
    Dim rng1 As Range
    Dim rng2 As Range
    Dim equities As Range
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Dim stddev As Double

    Set ws = Worksheets("Managed Equity Portfolios")
    Set rng1 = ws.Range("B5:B9")
    Set rng2 = ws.Range("B11:B12")

    'Loop over each cell in the informed ranges and call the function to retrive the data
    For Each rng In Union(rng1, rng2)
        stddev = get5YearStd(rng.Value)
    Next
    Debug.Print stddev

    'Clear up connections created
    For Each cn In ActiveWorkbook.Connections
        cn.Delete
    Next
    'Clear variables
    Set ws = Nothing
    Set rng1 = Nothing
    Set rng2 = Nothing
End Sub

Answer 2

please try this. run in new workbook

Sub Test()

    Dim URL As String
    URL = "https://www.google.com/finance?q=MUTF:JLVIX"

    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Set ws = Worksheets("Sheet1")

    Dim tc As Integer
    tc = ws.QueryTables.Count

    If tc > 0 Then
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = tc To 1 Step -1     ' delete any tables that may be in the worksheet
            ws.QueryTables(i).Deleteworksheet
        Next i
    End If

    Dim qt1 As QueryTable
    Set qt1 = ws.QueryTables.Add( _
        Connection:="URL;" & URL, _
        Destination:=ws.Range("A1"))

    Dim qt2 As QueryTable
    Set qt2 = ws.QueryTables.Add( _
        Connection:="URL;" & URL, _
        Destination:=ws.Range("H1"))

    qt2.Refresh                ' fill second one first, just to see what happens
    qt2.ResultRange.Select     ' this is just to highlight the range

    Stop                       ' check worksheet now

    qt1.Refresh
    qt1.ResultRange.Select     ' this is just to highlight the range



End Sub

Answer 3

crude example of using the same table for pulling multiple data sources. data would be processed after each update

Sub Test()

    Dim URL As String
    URL = "https://www.google.com/finance?q=MUTF:JLVIX"

    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Set ws = Worksheets("Sheet1")

    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 1 To ws.QueryTables.Count
        ws.QueryTables(1).Delete
    Next i

    Dim qt As QueryTable
    Set qt = ws.QueryTables.Add( _
        Connection:="URL;" & URL, _
        Destination:=ws.Range("A1"))

    qt.Refresh
    qt.ResultRange.Select     ' this is just to highlight the range

    Stop                      ' check worksheet now

    qt.ResultRange.ClearContents

    Stop                      ' check worksheet now

    qt.Connection = "URL;https://www.google.com/finance?q=MUTF:IBM"
    qt.Destination = ws.Range("G3")   ' this does not move the range

    Stop                      ' check worksheet now

    qt.Refresh
    qt.ResultRange.Select     ' this is just to highlight the range

    Stop                      ' process data here

    qt.ResultRange.ClearContents

End Sub